Customised awards
What is a customised award?
A customised award is a unique qualification designed by you to meet your organisation's needs, and quality assured by SQA. It can help you:
- recognise skills and achievements
- show that your business complies with standards and regulations
- create progression routes
- stand out from the competition
What do you get from a customised award?
You'll own a qualification that's certificated and quality assured by an internationally recognised UK awarding body. You design the content and structure of the award, and SQA designs and awards certificates.
Features:
- Your candidates receive a commemorative certificate and full record of attainment
- The SQA logo and Chief Executive's signature appear on certificates, along with your company logo and executive signature
- You get your own dedicated Account Manager
- You become an SQA Approved Centre, with access to a range of SQA qualifications
- Include SCQF credit rating and we'll place your qualification on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework, giving it an official SCQF level and credit points.
To learn how other organisations have benefited from SQA customised awards, watch our video case studies.
Why choose SQA?
As a leading UK awarding body and Scotland’s school exams body, we are experts in qualification design, awarding and certification. You'll have confidence knowing that your qualification goes through the same strict quality assurance as our national qualifications. You also get access to advice and support from a named Account Manager from day one and throughout the life of the qualification.
Find out how we can help your business
Interested in finding out more about customised awards? Fill in our form and we'll be in touch.
About our customers
We work with small, medium and large organisations to create tailor-made qualifications for their staff and students in Scotland, the UK, and around the world. Our customers include charities and social enterprises, trade associations, colleges, training companies, local authorities and government departments. Many customers choose to come back and design more qualifications with SQA.
Case studies
Creating two customised awards helped Historic Environment Scotland invest in their workforce and offer opportunities for progression.
Pro Paints Managing Director Craig Heaney tells us what's involved in developing a customised award with SQA, and why he would recommend it.